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glabrate |
= near-bald |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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size |
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CHARACTER |
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Nature as to absolute or comparative extent in any one dimension or in area or volume. |
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awl-shaped 1 |
= subulate |
plane shape |
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Narrowly triangular or truncate-triangular and broadest at the base; like the outline of the lateral face of an awl. |
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subulate 1 |
= awl-shaped |
plane shape |
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Narrowly triangular or truncate-triangular and broadest at the base; like the outline of the lateral face of an awl. |
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dilate(d) |
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solid shape |
elongate structure |
Narrow at one end and broadening toward the other; esp. when essentially terete at the narrow proximal end and seemingly flattened distally, as some anther filaments. |
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…seriate 1 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Multicellular with the number of longitudinal columns of superposed cells indicated by the prefix; as in biseriate, multiseriate, uniseriate. |
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transverse 1 |
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dehiscence |
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More or less perpendicular to the central axis. |
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annular |
= ring-shaped |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |
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ring-shaped |
= annular |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |
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androgynecandrous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having distal and proximal sectors with only staminate flowers and between them a central sector with only pistillate ones. |
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androgynous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having a distal sector with only staminate flowers and a proximal sector with only pistillate ones. |
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gynecandrous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having a distal sector with only pistillate flowers and a proximal sector with only staminate ones. |
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coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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leathery |
= coriaceous |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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inflorescence 1 |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing flowers; most appropriately described using adjectival terms. |
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capitulescence |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing capitula (heads); most appropriately described using adjectival terms; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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development |
= ontogeny |
CHARACTER |
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Mode or pattern of growth and differentiation. |
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ontogeny |
= development |
CHARACTER |
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Mode or pattern of growth and differentiation. |
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insertion |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode or locus of attachment of a structure to some dissimilar bearing structure. The lexicons relating to insertion and position overlap to a great degree, since these two morphological concepts are often inseparable in practice. Also overlaps conceptually with arrangement, habit, orientation, and shape. |
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dehiscence |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of opening (splitting or forming apertures). |
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fixation |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of attachment to a supporting structure. |
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nutrition |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of acquiring nutrients. |
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scabridulous |
= scabrellate, scabrellous |
relief |
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Minutely scabrous (rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabridous). See also spiculate, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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scabrellate |
= scabrellous, scabridulous |
relief |
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Minutely scabrous (rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabridous). See also spiculate, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
